Course Outline

Map Projections and Directional Surveys

• Map Projections
  • Map projections - What are they? Why do we need them?
  • Geometry of the earth.
  • Classes of map projections.
  • Commonly used map projections in oil exploration.
    • Transverse Mercator
    • Lambert Conformal Conic
    • Universal Transverse Mercator
    • State Plane Coordinates
  • Conversion between coordinate systems
  • Proper documentation of projections used.

   

• Directional Surveys
  • When do we need to consider a well deviated?
  • How is a directional survey calculated.
  • Grid North vs. True North.
  • Convergence angle.
  • Tie-in points.
  • Computational methods.
  • Standards and non-standards.
  • Well spotting problems.
  • Crossing projection boundaries.

   

© 1999 John Sharry
e-mail: jsharry@ix.netcom.com

2/10/99